South Mount Elbert Trail
South Mount Elbert Trail is a long, power-hike climb in Colorado. Its 16.0 TEP puts it above 90% of catalogued climbs. Expect 75 to 127 minutes. Its steepest 500 metres run at 23.4% and start 6.2 km in, so the worst of it lands when you are already committed. It is graded demanding mountain hiking: expect sections where you watch every step. East-facing, so it takes the morning sun and is in shade by the afternoon.
- TEP
- 16.0
- Climb
- +1122 m
- Distance
- 7.6 km
- Average grade
- 14.7%
- Time
- 75 to 127 min
Climbs nearby
- Colorado, 5.0 km at 7.9% (3.5 km away)
- North Mt. Elbert, 5.5 km at 21.2% (3.6 km away)
- Cdnst, 3.0 km at 9.9%, Colorado (4.9 km away)
- Black Cloud, 5.5 km at 20.9%, Colorado (5.8 km away)
- Cdnst, 1.2 km at 18.5%, Colorado (6.7 km away)
- Big Willis Gulch, 5.0 km at 9.6% (6.8 km away)
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